Philip duly sent the papers and the money, and in return received a calendar worth about a penny, on which was set down the appointed passage to be read each day, and a sheet of paper on one side of which was a picture of the Good Shepherd and a lamb, and on the other, decoratively framed in red lines, a short prayer which had to be said before beginning to read.

Because classes were to be held on the Good Shepherd campus, the facility converted a large storage area into a "smart" classroom equipped with the latest computer hookups, projectors, DVDs, VCRs, surround sound, and 33 Internet-connected stations.

The characters in The Good Shepherd would be proud of the De Niro attention to detail, allowing each narrative twist to unfurl in its own good time, and art direction is impressive, elegantly recreating the era of paranoia and subterfuge.

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